[SeattleTree]

Here's what I remember of Nebraska Scott Frost. I was bitter about the whole thing -- what I perceived as Bill Walsh taking his ball and going home, and Frost's departure. Then when Nebraska completed their undefeated and earned a split national championship with Michigan, Frost said (and this is pretty much a direct quote), "We feel like we're the true national champions. Everyone know what would happen if we played Michigan." Of course, he didn't mention that Nebraska had needed one of the flukiest plays in recent college football history to beat Missouri. A last second fourth-down pass from Frost was certain to fall incomplete until it hit a player's foot and bounced up into the air for a Husker to catch it. As a Michigan fan, the whole thing rubbed me the wrong way.

This is the debate that will never end.    :)  As a Nebraska fan, it rubbed me the wrong way when Brian Griese's dad and his broadcast booth partner at the Rose Bowl gushed over Brian and the Michigan team (who struggled to defeat a merely OK Washington State team) and declared them national champions, all before Nebraska had even played its bowl game.  If I remember correctly, the Michigan players even celebrated on the field with "National Champion" t-shirts and caps (again, all before Nebraska had played its bowl game).  There was campaigning on both sides.  Admittedly, the Huskers needed a fluky play to beat Mizzou.  But they capitalized on it and won.  And for the record, I agree with Frost; Nebraska would have thumped Michigan if they'd played that year.  Sadly, we didn't get the chance to see that game. 

[SeattleTree]

Here's what I remember of Nebraska Scott Frost. I was bitter about the whole thing -- what I perceived as Bill Walsh taking his ball and going home, and Frost's departure. Then when Nebraska completed their undefeated and earned a split national championship with Michigan, Frost said (and this is pretty much a direct quote), "We feel like we're the true national champions. Everyone know what would happen if we played Michigan." Of course, he didn't mention that Nebraska had needed one of the flukiest plays in recent college football history to beat Missouri. A last second fourth-down pass from Frost was certain to fall incomplete until it hit a player's foot and bounced up into the air for a Husker to catch it. As a Michigan fan, the whole thing rubbed me the wrong way.

This is the debate that will never end.    :)  As a Nebraska fan, it rubbed me the wrong way when Brian Griese's dad and his broadcast booth partner at the Rose Bowl gushed over Brian and the Michigan team (who struggled to defeat a merely OK Washington State team) and declared them national champions, all before Nebraska had even played its bowl game.  If I remember correctly, the Michigan players even celebrated on the field with "National Champion" t-shirts and caps (again, all before Nebraska had played its bowl game).  There was campaigning on both sides.  Admittedly, the Huskers needed a fluky play to beat Mizzou.  But they capitalized on it and won.  And for the record, I agree with Frost; Nebraska would have thumped Michigan if they'd played that year.  Sadly, we didn't get the chance to see that game.